Anybody here familiar with the Boileau-Narcejac writing team?
They're the french writers who wrote Vertigo, the screenplay for Diabolique and the screenplay for Eyes Without a Face.
That's a pretty good resume.
I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Oct 30, 2008 10:46:30 am PDT #7863 of 28414
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
lisah - Oct 30, 2008 10:48:31 am PDT #7864 of 28414
Punishingly Intricate
the screenplay for Eyes Without a Face.
oh, dang, now that frickin' Billy Idol song will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day.
I've never read Something Wicked This Way Comes . I wonder if it would freak my shit out too much.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 30, 2008 10:49:43 am PDT #7865 of 28414
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I read a really bizarre novel of theirs called (in translation) Choice Cuts.
Strix - Nov 04, 2008 2:39:25 pm PST #7866 of 28414
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Heh. I texted my little sister ( a bookseller) and was all "The internet is crackier than normal! I can't walk away!"
She's all calm: "I'm ignoring it. A new Robb, Kenyob and Hamilton all dropped today."
Me (temporarily diverted): Gentry or Anita?
Sis: Gentry. She hasn't slept with anyone is 160 pages!
Me: Did she die? (Would that stop her?)
Fay - Nov 04, 2008 8:13:11 pm PST #7867 of 28414
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Did she die? (Would that stop her?)
Granted I've only read the Anita Blakes, but I'm going to go with a no. It doesn't seem to stop most of Anita's acquaintances.
Strix - Nov 04, 2008 8:18:15 pm PST #7868 of 28414
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I have spoilers for the sexin' (my sis MAY read as fast as I do. Almost. Heh.)
She said no sexin till page 344 (I think 344).And Merry only had actual sporkin; with one person. Some foreplay, but monogamous sporkin'. She was doing a read and post, sex-wise. It kept me entertained.
She intimated there was ACTUAL PLOT.
It's a night of miracles.
Polter-Cow - Nov 05, 2008 8:14:49 am PST #7869 of 28414
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I was way into Michael Crichton in high school. He was one of my favorite authors.
hippocampus - Nov 05, 2008 8:46:29 am PST #7870 of 28414
not your mom's socks.
crap. f*ck cancer.
sumi - Nov 05, 2008 10:59:09 am PST #7871 of 28414
Art Crawl!!!
Found this tidbit over at the sciffy site:
An original drawing of A.A. Milne's popular children's characters Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger and Piglet fetched 31,200 pounds ($50,000) at auction on Nov. 4 in London, the Reuters news service reported.
Fay - Nov 05, 2008 10:16:42 pm PST #7872 of 28414
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
OMG, I love E H Shepherd's illustrations!
The one with Piglet and the little rag of the balloon made me cry. I mean, last time I saw it, a few years ago, it made me cry. Gah. It's like Larkin's poem As Bad As A Mile for crystaiising that particular sense of piteous failure in a few quick strokes of the pen.